Hat-fastening.



F. HIRSH.

HAT FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILEDSEPT. 17. 1912.

1,164,184. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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FRED HIRSI-I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. lei, iota.

Application filed September 17, 1912. Serial No. 720,788.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED HIRsI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Hat-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a hat fastening, and has for its object to provide a fastening for a straw or other hat which may be neatly disposed around the crown of the hat when not in use and, whenever necessary, as in a high wind or when riding in an automobile or on a boat, may be passed underneath the chin to hold the hat upon the head of the wearer.

l Vith this object in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts as hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated one specific application of my invention to a straw hat, Figure l is a plan showing the top of a hat and my improved fastening as arranged thereon when not in use; Fig. 2, a section of the same showing the fastening in position for use; and Figs.

3, 4, and 5, broken details showing the way' in which the fastening is secured on one side of the hat.

Referring to the drawings, the hat 1 is provided with eyelets 23 on the opposite sides thereof in the brim adjacent to the crown, and to one of these eyelets, 3, is attached a hook 4. T he fastening proper consists of a cord 5, preferably of yielding or elastic material, one end of which is turned back upon itself and secured to a buckle 6 provided with holes through which the cord slides, forming at this end an adjustable loop 7 which is secured upon the hook. The

other end of the cord is attached to the center of a cross-piece 8 which serves as an anchor for this end. When not in use the cord is passed around the crown on the outside of the hat and there secured by passing one end of the cross-piece through the looped end and back against the brim, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. For use beneath the chin of the wearer, the cross-piece is removed from the loop and passed down through the eyelet 2 and then up through and across the eyelet 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. It is evident that the fastening may also be used by anchoring the end of the cord to a button-holeof the coat instead of passing it through the brim to form a loop for the chin.

The invention may be modified in its details, within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination, a hat provided with an eyelet opening on each side thereof adjacent the juncture of crown and brim and having a hook mounted on the outside adjacent one ofsaid eyelet openings and a cord provided at one end with an adjustable loop by which it may be attached to said hook and at its other end with a cross-piece by which that end may either be anchored to the looped end after the cord has been passed around the brim of the hat or'may be passed down through the eyelet opening in one side and up through and anchored in the eyelet opening on the other side of the hat to form a loop adapted to fit closely beneath the chin of the wearer.

FRED HIRSH. Witnesses:

lVM. B. W'HITNEY, MAY F REVERT.

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